[NYTr] Cuba-Panama Inter-Parliamentary Meeting Underway Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:12:52 -0500 (CDT) Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit Agencia Cubana de Noticias (ACN) http://ainch.ain.cu/mailman/listinfo/ingles Cuba-Panama Inter-Parliamentary Meeting Underway Havana, July 12 (acn) The president of the Cuban Parliament, Ricardo AlarcC3n, praised on Wednesday the prominent role that Panama is playing in the international arena and highlighted the election of the Central American country as a member of the UN Security Council. During the first day of sessions of the 11th Cuba-Panama Inter-Parliamentary Meeting that concludes on Thursday in Panama City, the Cuban official also praised Panama's management of the Panama Canal. Panamanian and Cuban deputies are meeting to discuss cooperation initiatives between both legislative bodies and to assess the march of bilateral programs on the fields of education, health and sports. In this regards, they referred to the Operation Miracle free eye-surgery program from which more than low-income Panamanians have benefited. Both delegations have also analyzed strategies of joint action and mutual support at international meetings of legislative bodies. The president of the Panamanian Parliament, ElC-as Castillo, said that friendship between Cuba and Panama is at one of its highest levels ever. * ================================================================ .NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems . Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us . .339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org .List Archives: https://olm.blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/ .Subscribe: https://olm.blythe-systems.com/mailman/listinfo/nytr ================================================================